The 2nd Chamber

The second chamber, the one behind the two Caryatids, is 4,5 meters wide and 3,0 meters long. The chamber floor is covered with a pictorial mosaic in glorious colors and detail.

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A wing-figure heads to a 3-leg caldron

Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The man figure on the architrave

Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The woman figure on the architrave

Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The figures on the architraves

The restoration of the 7 architraves, found in the 2nd Chamber, is under development and the good news is that some figures have appeared. The photo shows an animal in the middle, maybe a bull, along with with a man (left) and a woman (right).

Date: 12/2012 source: ΥΠΠΟ

Detailed view of the figure of Persephone

Persephone is shown with golden-red hair and wearing a white tunic with a thin red ribbon tied at her waist. She is also shown with a bracelet on her left wrist.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

Pluto Abducting Persephone

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The Abduction of Persephone by Pluto - the mosaic floor fully revealed

The dimension of the mosaic floor is 4,5m width and 3,0m high.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The Mosaic floor

The mosaic covers the entire floor surface of the 2nd Chamber. The mosaic is in white, black, grey, blue, red and yellow and shows a chariot pulled by two white horses and two male figures. The Charioteer is a bearded man with a laurel wreath upon his head. Running ahead of the Chariot, is Hermes, the guide to the under world. The floor has an area [circular] of restorable damage.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The doorway leading to the 3rd Chamber

Above the mosaic floor we can see the doorway and threshold that leads to the 3rd Chamber. Seen is the damaged portion of the mosaic floor that is about 80 centimetres in diameter. Many of the loose pieces have been found within the soil and will be restored to the mosaic.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

God Hermes

The Greek God Hermes is shown leading, for he is the traditional guide to the spirits of the dead, into the underworld of Hades.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The Charioteer

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The Two White Horses

Shown in detail is the mosaic figures of the horses.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The Meander

Shown in detail above the Wave motif is the decorative Greek Key border also called a Meander [Meandros] which is a pattern of interlocking right-angled spirals.

Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ

The missing pieces in the inner wall

There is a hole everyone is concerned about. The Ministry of Culture reports that the missing stones were either removed or have never existed (maybe it was planned by the architect, Deinokratis ?). It is suggested that this hole was left open after of the filling and sealing of this chamber.